the bunnie chronicles

Race

thisisnelly:

I was watching this special on being Latino in American, in relation to hispanic heritage month I guess, on CNN. And I could not relate at all. I talked to Amanda how this is basically encouraging the stereotypes - latinos are grouped together, being Mexican is a slur, we don’t speak English, we’re unemployed, illegal, taking other peoples jobs, have kids and are not married, and the list went on. I did not see any one like me. And Amanda was like because they would say I am too white. And I knew she meant it in a “this is what they would say way”, because her and I concluded that I’d be considered white because I speak English, go to college and don’t have any kids, and have a job. Some people love their ancestry and try to carry everyone tradition and if at all the language of it. But honestly, I am American, yeah I have some, although really limited, knowledge/tradition of being “Mexican” but I would never actually want to visit Mexico or live there and I’d only want to be fluent in Spanish in order to get a better job. Yeah that’s about it. It’s unfortunate that this makes me “white”. I am proud of my Grandparents and for their huge struggle to better themselves and their family, and that is the main tradition I carry from my family. To keep bettering yourself, don’t be lazy and give up, and love your family and everyone around you. I don’t know what race or tradition that fits into but that is what is most important to my extended family.

Its so stupid. Like, what’s the point in showing this kind of stereotype? I know many people have to struggle to overcome these stereotypical problems it comes to being a certain race, but like Nelly said, not everyone is like that. Why does the media portray races as being only the stereotype? Its lame.

I guess a story about someone who has overcome the stereotypical portrayal of their race won’t get as many views… it doesn’t make for good TV. What does that say about our culture?

As I get older.. and wiser… and the more I learn, the world just seems less and less friendly. The more I see how flawed our global society is. The more I would like to leave this world to the better place.